Dr Archie
Kalokerinos is a gentle, sensitive, dedicated man. He has not sought personal gain as the
prime motive for the help he has given to his fellow human beings. Even now, well into his
70's, he still gives his time freely to help people that he believes are being treated
unfairly.

Like all of
us, Archie can become outraged at injustice and he becomes especially angry when young
infants may be dying because of ignorance and/or bureaucratic blindness by some areas of
the medical establishment. Not only did Archie perceive poor health and injustice in the
Aboriginal community, he vigorously pursued the truth behind its causes.

Dr
Kalokerinos challenged not only government officials but the very foundations of modern
medicine. His acute powers of observation and persistent determination to evaluate
situations honestly and fairly led of course to a great deal of conflict in his
professional life.

This is an
exciting book. It tells of the early days of Greek migrant struggle, of his adventures at
medical school and early understanding of bureaucratic bungles and cover up by some
medical incompetents. The seeds are sown in these early years for the adventures (truly
spectacular "Hollywood" style) to come.

His
disillusionment with the medical establishment was reinforced when they refused to believe
or to do anything about the extremely high rate of infant death amongst the Aboriginal
population. He searched for answers, and despite practicing all the university based
medicine he was taught, the children (mainly Aborigines) continued to die.

His
disenchantment with these medical outcomes led him to postpone his medical career. He went
to seek his fortune as an opal miner. Like all aspects of his life, Archie developed a
deep understanding of opals and opal mining. In fact he became a world expert in opals and
has authored some books on the subject. However, even in this area of life, his honesty
and sense of fair play were set to lead him into some of the biggest adventures in his
life. Because of his medical doctor status some of the villains involved in a multimillion
dollar opal robbery confided in him, and he eventually became a victim of their wrath.

During this
opal mining time, Archie started to solve the jigsaw puzzle of the high rate of Aboriginal
death. He returned to medicine and started another enthralling series of events. Archie
and Dr Glen Dettman (Medical Scientist) became inseparable at this stage in solving many
of the complex medical issues surrounding the high rate of Aboriginal infant death.
Vitamin C was found to be a critical factor. Archie and Glen travelled the world several
times and shared their experiences at many international conferences. They befriended many
notable scientists and doctors including Professor Linus Pauling (the only man to have won
two unshared Noble Prizes), Dr Frederick Klenner (physician extraordinare), Dr Irwin Stone
(a very astute Medical Scientist who championed the understanding of the requirements for
Vitamin C supplements), Dr Robert Cathcart (a very notable Orthopaedic Surgeon who
invented the modified prosthetic hip, and later went on to become intensely involved in
nutritional therapies), Dr Bob Erdmann, Dr Roy Kupsinell and Dr Wendell Belfield (a very
experienced and successful orthomolecular veterinarian who has authored several books) and
many others.

Because of
the perserverence of Dr Kalokerinos he successfully reduced the Aboriginal infant death
rate from virtually every second child who presented with some risk factor, to zero. He
kept these records of the reduction in the mortality rate for 10 years. But still, many
Health Authorities with predetermined bigoted con­cepts that Vitamin C was only good for
preventing scurvy, refused to believe him.

I recommend
this book to all sections of the population. It's full of excitement. It will make you
laugh, it will make you cry. It will have you not wanting to put the book down right to
the very end. Recently, Dr Kalokerinos has been awarded Greek Australian of the Century by
the very notable and considerable Greek Community in Australia. Furthermore, it has been
suggested that he may be in line for an Australian Medical Doctor of the Century award.
Why he has not been granted a formal award by the Australian Government for his
discoveries and achievements I cannot understand.

God bless Dr
Kalokerinos, he is a courageous man, one whose discoveries, I believe, have saved
countless lives. Further­more his message of correcting some very basic nutritional
deficiencies (especially Vitamin C) will eventually become enshrined in basic medical
doctrine.